By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

BILOXI — Home-standing Biloxi wrapped up its first regular season under the guidance of new head coach Jamey Dubose in exciting and successful fashion Thursday night.
The Indians tallied 14 unanswered points in a span of one minute and 10 seconds in the final two minutes of the game to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat with a spine tingling 24-23 win over neighboring rival D’Iberville in Region 4-7A play.

The win moves Biloxi to 5-5 overall and 3-2 in the region race and gives the Indians the number three seed in the league standings in the upcoming Class 7A South State playoffs. The Warriors fall to the fourth seed with a 2-3 region mark and also sit at 5-5 overall.
D’Iberville running back Jayquan Havard scored two touchdowns on the ground in the fourth quarter, including a 23-yard scoring scamper with 2:03 left to give DHS a seemingly commanding 23-10 lead
But, it wasn’t.
Biloxi quarterback Wyatt Pyron quickly moved his troops down the field and he hit wide out Tristan Haynes on a 20-yard scoring strike with 1:31 to play.
The expected ensuing on-sides kick off by Biloxi was recovered by the Indians Jo Jo Thomas at the Warrior 45.
Two plays later, Pyron found Jalen Anderson for 25-yards to the DHS 15 yard line. On the next play, Pyron hit Haynes again in the corner of the end zone from those 15-yards out to complete the quick comeback at 23-23.

Indian placekicker Brody Vinson then trotted on the field and calmly split the uprights with the extra point and sent the home crowd into a delirious celebration with the final 24-23 count.
One last drive by the Warriors ended when placekicker Jorge Lara came up short on a 42-yard field goal try on first down with :12 to play.
Earlier in the game, Lara helped the Warriors take a 10-7 lead into halftime.

Biloxi scored first when quarterback Pyron hit Haynes on a 22-yard skinny post for a touchdown at the 4:45 mark of the opening period.
But the Warriors closed out the final 16 plus minutes of the first half to take the three point lead into intermission.
D’Iberville sophomore quarterback Jordan Walley hooked up with running back Andre Crosby on a 35-yard scoring strike to knot things up at the 9:49 mark of the second stanza.

Lara’s 44-yard field goal six minutes later to gave DHS that aforementioned 10-7 lead.
Vinson booted a 29-yard field goal with just over two minutes to play in the third frame to tie things up at 10-10
Less than three minutes later, Havard dashed three yards in for a score to give the lead back to the Warriors at 16-10 on the first play of the fourth period. But Lara missed the extra point attempt to set the stage for the furious finish the rest of the way.